Two Palghar firms adopt automation with Line O Matic Bolt RB104

Palghar-based, Reegal Industries and Parth Enterprises have invested in the new Line O Matic fully automatic exercise book machine - Bolt RB104, to automate their notebook manufacturing process., Press Room

27 Apr 2016 | By Priya Raju & Krishna Naidu

Talking about the investment, Sanjay Nahar, partner, Reegal Industries, said, “The notebook industry in India is growing at 20% per annum and to be equipped to cater to the growing demand we invested in the machine in October 2016. This investment has doubled our capacity, which has resulted in an increased market share for us.”
 
Nahar added, “Earlier, with the semi-automatic machine, we required 60 people for the notebook making process. With this machine, the manpower requirement has reduced six people. In addition to this, the space required is lesser and the work-in-process inventory has gone down drastically.” 
 
RB Bolt104 has a straight and smooth workflow for production with a centralised system and faster change adjustments. The machine can run up to a speed of 400m/min and has a printing width of 400mm to 1030mm and length of 290mm to 450mm.
 
Located in close proximity to Reegal, Parth Enterprise has Dinesh Shah at its helm. Shah said, "Line O Matic is a solid machine and the manpower required to operate the machine is very less." 
 
Shah said, "We expect the return on our investment on this machine materialisng very soon. We run the machine at full capacity, especially during the peak season of notebook business, which is from January to June."
 
 
Today, Reegal converts around 35 tonnes of paper per day, of which, 16 tonnes is converted with Bolt RB104.  Whereas Parth churns out 25,000-30,000 books on a monthly basis.
 
Established in 1997, Reegal Industries caters to the notebook industry in Maharashtra, which according to Nahar is a 700-crore market. The manufacturing facility is spread over 60,000sq/ft area. Whereas, Parth Enterprises has four manufacturing plant in Palghar and adjoining areas.